The Call in the Age of Tribulations and Media
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Question:
This questioner says: In this time when the media, in all its forms, has opened up to us, and anyone who wants to speak speaks and people hear what he says, we have been afflicted with two types of people: callers to desires and callers to doubts who divert people from their religion, as well as callers who claim to be in the path of good, but we see in them a dilution of the religion and they seek out dispensations for people, thinking that they are helping them to love the religion. What is your guidance, Honorable Shaykh, regarding these two groups?
Answer:
There is no doubt that as time passes, tribulations appear and grow greater. And among the most severe tribulations in our present age, and Allah knows best what will happen in the future, are these satellite channels and media outlets that spread evil and corruption in beliefs, morals, and transactions.
This is a great tribulation, so it is obligatory for the people of knowledge to counter this tribulation by calling to Allah and blocking this tribulation from the Muslims. People are now in greater need of the call to Allah in this time than ever before, because the danger is severe, so the call to Allah is necessary. They must make clear to people the evils present in these satellite channels, and the speaking about Allah without knowledge. They must make clear to people these defects and these evils.
They advise clearing their homes of receiving these satellite channels; they should clear their homes of receiving them because they have women, children, and visitors who are affected by these malicious means. So the Muslim must purify his home and protect his home from the presence of these corrupt means. If every Muslim, if every Muslim guarded his home and what is under his control and sought help from Allah the Exalted and Majestic, much good would come to the Muslims. But when negligence and reliance on others come, the calamity befalls the Muslims and the evil grows great. Yes.
So the call to Allah at this time is in much greater need than before, because of the severity of the tribulations, the severity of the callers to misguidance, and their spread. And the Muslims must establish beneficial satellite channels, beneficial media and press, to resist these evils. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
This questioner says: In this time when the media, in all its forms, has opened up to us, and anyone who wants to speak speaks and people hear what he says, we have been afflicted with two types of people: callers to desires and callers to doubts who divert people from their religion, as well as callers who claim to be in the path of good, but we see in them a dilution of the religion and they seek out dispensations for people, thinking that they are helping them to love the religion. What is your guidance, Honorable Shaykh, regarding these two groups?
Answer:
There is no doubt that as time passes, tribulations appear and grow greater. And among the most severe tribulations in our present age, and Allah knows best what will happen in the future, are these satellite channels and media outlets that spread evil and corruption in beliefs, morals, and transactions.
This is a great tribulation, so it is obligatory for the people of knowledge to counter this tribulation by calling to Allah and blocking this tribulation from the Muslims. People are now in greater need of the call to Allah in this time than ever before, because the danger is severe, so the call to Allah is necessary. They must make clear to people the evils present in these satellite channels, and the speaking about Allah without knowledge. They must make clear to people these defects and these evils.
They advise clearing their homes of receiving these satellite channels; they should clear their homes of receiving them because they have women, children, and visitors who are affected by these malicious means. So the Muslim must purify his home and protect his home from the presence of these corrupt means. If every Muslim, if every Muslim guarded his home and what is under his control and sought help from Allah the Exalted and Majestic, much good would come to the Muslims. But when negligence and reliance on others come, the calamity befalls the Muslims and the evil grows great. Yes.
So the call to Allah at this time is in much greater need than before, because of the severity of the tribulations, the severity of the callers to misguidance, and their spread. And the Muslims must establish beneficial satellite channels, beneficial media and press, to resist these evils. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
Source
الحكمة في الدعوة إلى الله — alfawzan.live (1:07:51)
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